If that did not prevent him from moving forward with his transfer window, announcing a first recruit and already planning a second for the end of the week, the president Laurent Lairy (director of Laval) is, like all the other presidents of Ligue 1 and of Ligue 2, forced to remain cautious on the transfer market. Indeed, even if a major breakthrough was made this week with the TV rights for Ligue 2 which were sold in full to beIN Sports for around 39 million euros per season according to RMC, we will still have to wait to find out precisely the envelope that will be affected over the next five years. The boss of Tango explained it to our colleagues from France Bleu Mayenne this morning, while showing optimism for the continuation of the operations.
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“It is already a first piece of good news that this call for tender was not unsuccessful and therefore that the entire tender was taken by beIN Sports. This is not a surprise, since they were already broadcasting Ligue 2 matches. As far as distribution is concerned, it is then a little more complicated since normally, in the LFP regulations, we make two calls of offers: a Ligue 1 call for tenders (which failed and which resulted in the current situation, without any broadcaster or definitively adopted solution Editor’s note.) and a Ligue 2 call for tenders. The two are then added together and Ligue 2 receives a net 18% of the total amount of rights. We already have a first sum, which will at a given moment be added to the rest of the rights – and I am convinced that we will succeed in finding a solution concerning Ligue 1. It is only afterwards that we will add the two sums, that we will deduct the costs and that we will allocate 18% of the total to Ligue 2. We are in the dark, as long as the TV rights of Ligue 1 have not been definitively negotiated. »
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“I work with Bernard Joannin, who is the president of Amiens and the representative of the Ligue 2 clubs, we spoke again yesterday (Tuesday 25/06) and we should speak again on Thursday: every day, we see progress in the situation and I remain confident in the ability of our leaders to find a solution. In these cases, we must not get upset, we must not panic, these are negotiations that are very long and that this time concern five seasons. But at the moment I am speaking to you, I cannot tell you anything more than what you already know. I am hopeful that at the end of the week, we will have some additional good news.
Source: France Bleu Mayenne (francebleu.fr).
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